OK THEN, WHAT’S HIS PEDIGREE?

Not too bad in truth — and he had a far better playing career than Wenger, Jose Mourinho and Jurgen Klopp put together.

A centre-forward for hometown club Graz and Austria Vienna, he earned eight caps for Austria, scoring three goals, between 1988 and 1994.

After eight years in his homeland he left for Mechelen in Belgium in 1996, subsequently playing for Lierse, Cologne and Bayern Munich’s reserve side before retiring.

SO FAR, SO GOOD — BUT CAN HE COACH?

The past 12 years would suggest so.

Hasenhuttl started as a youth-team coach with Bavarian side Unterhaching before moving to third-tier Aalen, where he first kept them up and then gained promotion before resigning in 2013 over cost-cutting.

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Ralph Hasenhuettl has become known for his wild celebrations on the side of the pitch

A MAN OF PRINCIPLE, THAT’S GOOD. BUT WHAT ABOUT ELITE LEVEL?

When Hasenhuttl was appointed at Ingolstadt in October 2013 they were bottom of Bundesliga 2.

The following year the tiny Bavarian side were promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time in their history, as champions, and they finished 11th last term when he allowed his contract to run out.

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HE KNEW WHAT WAS COMING, THEN?

It seems so. Within days of the season finishing, Hasen- huttl was appointed as head coach of newly-promoted Red Bull Leipzig.

They are the unlikely — and unpopular — challengers who are currently three points clear of moneybags Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga and seemingly on course for Champions League football at a minimum.

NOT BAD. BUT WHAT IS HIS PHILOSOPHY?

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Ralph Hasenhuttl has been put on a shortlist to replace Arsene Wenger if he leaves